Recent weeks mark steady decline in confirmed, suspected cases, with increased testing coverage a positive sign in fight against disease

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has identified one new case of Mox that was reported yesterday, involving a Malaysian man aged 24.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 27 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed a second case of monkeypox (mpox) virus infection of the Clade II variety in Malaysia this year, involving a 34-year-old local man.

ISTANBUL, Nov 23 — World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday that the mpox virus continues to constitute a global public health emergency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — No new cases of monkeypox (Mpox) have been detected until today after the last positive case on September 16, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

LONDON, Nov 15 — Global health advocates have written to the makers of a key mpox diagnostic test to call a price cut from around US$20 (RM89.53) per test to US$5, to tackle low testing rates in poorer countries badly hit by the virus.

GENEVA, Nov 11 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a statement today.

KOTA BHARU, Sept 21 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has stepped up health screenings at all border entry points to prevent the spread of mpox.

DAKAR, Sept 19 — The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned today, adding that cases are still increasing in several countries.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Sept 18 — The state government is taking prompt action to identify and manage instances of the mpox virus in Malaysia, said state executive councillor for public health and the environment Jamaliah Jamaluddin. This comes after the Health Ministry (MOH)...

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 17 — The Health Ministry (MOH) detected one positive case of the mpox clade II variant yesterday.

GENEVA, Sept 13 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the approval of the MVA-BN vaccine, developed by Bavarian Nordic A/S, as the first-ever mpox vaccine to be added to its prequalification list, reported Xinhua.

SUNGAI BULOH, Sept 10 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has no plan to implement any restrictions, including the movement control order (MCO), to control the spread of mpox as was done at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI, Sept 8 — India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 6 — The Health Ministry confirmed that 46 cases of suspected monkeypox virus or mpox in Malaysia were negative.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The Medical Device Authority (MDA) has approved the first mpox test kit for the Malaysian market.

SEPANG, Aug 28 — The Health Ministry (MOH), in collaboration with Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd, has tightened screening for travellers entering via Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 to mitigate the spread of mpox.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 28 — No suspected mpox cases have been detected among the nearly 2.64 million travellers screened at the country’s international entry points since August 16, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said today.

KUALA KRAI, Aug 27 — Police are intensifying control at 151 General Operations Force (GOF) posts nationwide to prevent the spread of mpox, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 — There are 31 suspected mpox cases in Malaysia, of which 25 are confirmed negative while six are under monitoring.